Purse or bill-folder.



L. B. WEISSBROD. PURSE OF. BILL FOLDER. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 21, 1910.

' Patented Nov. 15,1910.

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PURSE OB BILL-FOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 15, 1910.

' Application filed April 21, 1910. Serial No. 556,705.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTHER B. WVnrss- BROD, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Greenfield, in the county of Franklin andState of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inPurses or Bill-Folders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to purses or bill folders and consists, broadly,in providing a sheet member substantially the length of an ordinary billso that when the bill and purse are folded the ends of the folded billwill be flush with one of the folds thereof.

The objects of the invention are,(1) to provide a structure that isadapted to permit the folding of bills a small number of times so thatwhen the purse and the bills are folded together they will present aslittle thickness as possible, making it convenient for the user tocarry; (2) to provide means to prevent the lateral displacement or lossof a bill from the purse when the purse and bill are folded up; (3) toprovide means in connection with the sheet member, preferably on theopposite side which receives the bills, for the purpose of affording apocket for receiving cards or small flat articles, as

.tickets, and a flap member for retaining said articles in the pocketportion.

In the drawings forming part of this ap plication,-Figure 1 is a view ofa structure, in which the sheet member is provided on the rear sidethereof with an additional pocket construction, the pocket constructionbeing adapted to be closed by a flap member. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional View on the line 22 of Fig. 1, showing the purse open and indotted lines a bill in place before folding. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewof the structure shown in Fig. 1 in a folded position, the section beingtaken on the line at right angles to the line 22 of Fig. 1 and throughsubstantially the middle portion of the purse when folded.

Referring now to the construction shown in the figures in which a pocketconstruction is provided. The lining member 1" is made in one piece, andas shown extends from one side to the other of the purse.

.9 designates a strip that is attached to the lining member 1' by meansof cement or pasting, and extends toward the right, as shown, whereby apocket portion is provided, as shown at t. This pocket portion isadapted to be closed by means of the flap member u which folds in thedirection of the arrow '0 and the fastening device to engages its mate,as shown at m. The pocket portion 23 is constructed with a gussetportion 3 The flap member a is made continuous with the portion a whichpart is adapted to fold in the direction of the arrow 3, and thefastening device 1 to be locked to the fastening device 5 on the part 8which is folded in the direction of the arrow 6. Attached to the liningmember 7* and the gusset portion y is a transversely extending piece 7by means of the stitches shown at S which, it will be noticed, occupyonly a small part of the width of the member 7, so that the edgesthereof can be turned upward to afford an entrance 9 for the passage ofthe bills, shown at 9 and at the same time prevent their being lost fromthe purse.

1O designates a lining for the member 7 which is glued or pastedthereto.

When the bills are slipped under the member 7 they are folded in thesame manner as that described, that is to say two folds are given to thebills at each of the edges of the member 7, or at the space 9, so thatthe bill is folded three times, and when in the folded position all ofthe parts are of the same thickness.

11 designates an eyelet for attaching a chain, if desired.

What I claim, is

A purse or bill-folder comprising a onepiece member extending from endto end of the purse and constituting the bill-receiving side, meansattached to said member for preventing the lateral displacement of thebills, flap pieces attached to the one-piece member for closing thebill-receiving compartment, a compartment oppositely disposed inrelation to the bill compartment, the flap for closing said oppositelylocated compartment being integral with one of the bill flaps forclosing the bill compartment, and the outer portion of said oppositelylocated compart ment being integral with the outer flaps for closing thebill-receiving compartment, and suitable fastening means for said flaps.

LUTHER B. WEISSBROD.

Witnesses:

CHARLES N. S'IODDARD, PHILIP H. BALL.

